Corrie Whisner
PI Contributor
since 2025College of Health Solutions
Dr. Whisner is a professor of nutrition and health equity and Co-Director of the Maternal and Child Health Translational Research Team (MCHTRT) in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. With expertise spanning precision nutrition, maternal and infant health, and translational science, Dr. Whisner brings a track record of building multidisciplinary partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and community leaders to advance equitable health outcomes. Guided by empathy, humility, and integrity, she approaches research relationships with care and reciprocity—creating handmade study incentives and sharing tailored community resource lists to honor participants’ time and meet them where they are. Her work bridges biological and social determinants of health to inform contextually grounded interventions. In her first PI project at ASU “Reimagining Health in Arizona: Applying Principled Innovation through the Arizona Community Cohort,” Dr. Whisner will lead efforts to strengthen cross-sector collaboration and ensure integration across academic, community, and data-driven components, cultivating partnerships that sustain the model’s impact beyond the initial implementation.
What drew Dr. Whisner to Principled Innovation is its alignment with practices she has long carried into her work—creativity, empathy, and a commitment to building relationships where people are recognized for their strengths and meaningfully included in shaping shared goals. These commitments are most visible in her approach to mentorship. Through leading two federally-funded training grants and being recognized with ASU’s College of Health Solutions Faculty Mentorship Award, she has built mentoring environments where trainees receive not only support but actionable guidance, structured opportunities, and the confidence to pursue ambitious work. She sees mentorship as an ethical practice: listening deeply, integrating others’ perspectives, and creating the conditions for students and colleagues to thrive. In this way, her work extends the impact of Principled Innovation by equipping emerging leaders to act with integrity, collaborate authentically, and design solutions that honor the communities they serve.